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Meta’s newest app Threads, a would-be Twitter/X rival, may not want politics on its platform, but it’s coming to the app anyway — or so Threads’ search trends indicate. The app began testing its Twitter-like trends feature last month with a small group of U.S. users, but it’s now more broadly available to Threads’ user base across both desktop web and mobile, according to users’ reports. (Instagram says it’s still in testing, however). And with the expansion, it seems the topics that Threads users are talking about…

Image Source : FILE Representational Image Meta-owned Threads has announced plans to make its application programming interface (API) available to developers by June this year. Currently, the company is testing this with a small group of partners and independent developers. API development According to IANS, Threads engineer Jesse Chen mentioned that over the…

Meta-owned social network Threads said today that it will make its API broadly available to developers by June. Engineer Jesse Chen posted that the company has been building the API for the past few months. The API currently allows users to authenticate, publish threads and fetch the content they post through these tools. “Over the past few months, we’ve been building the Threads API to enable creators, developers, and brands to manage their Threads presence at scale and easily share fresh, new…

Meta's social media platform Threads, a competitor to X (formerly Twitter), is launching a new feature called 'Save on Threads,' resembling Instagram's bookmark feature. This addition allows users to save posts for later viewing, enhancing the platform's functionality.Adam Mosseri Announces the ‘Save on Threads’ Feature RolloutIn a recent post on Threads, Instagram's head, Adam Mosseri, announced the introduction of the 'Save on Threads' feature, stating that it is rolling out more broadly. Despite various features added…

Meta, the parent company of Facebook, is delving into a new feature that allows users to share content seamlessly between Facebook and Threads. This move mirrors Instagram's existing capability, enabling users to cross-post content between the two platforms, according to media reports.Testing PhaseAccording to a report from TechCrunch, a spokesperson from Meta has confirmed that the company is currently in the testing phase for the ability to share content from Facebook to Threads. However, this functionality seems to be…

According to Meta, the feature will uncover “timely topics that others are discussing” and will appear in search as well as between posts in the app’s For You feed. Meta Founder and CEO Mark Zuckerburg has announced that the company is testing a new “trending topics” feature on Threads that will allow users to see what kinds of conversations are trending on the platform.The company is initially rolling out the test for users in the US and will roll out in more countries and languages once it is ready.…

After acknowledging last week that Meta’s X competitor Threads would not actively recommend political content, the company today announced a test of a new trends feature, “topics,” where such content could potentially surface anyway. Meta CEO Mark Zuckerberg announced on Monday that Threads would begin a small test of the feature, initially in the U.S., to help users find “timely topics” that others are discussing on the social network. Today’s topics, as the section will be titled, are determined by Meta’s AI…

Meta doesn’t want its new app Threads to become another Twitter, full of heated political debates and the resulting toxicity that entails. In an announcement today, the company detailed how it will approach the recommendation of political content across both Instagram and its sister app, Threads, a competitor to Elon Musk’s X. In short, it will no longer push politics on users. Similar to Meta’s existing policies on Facebook, Instagram and Threads’ recommendation engines now won’t proactively suggest political posts…

The new save feature can be accessible through the three-dot menu in the top-right corner of a post for users with the test. Meta’s X rival Threads has started testing highly requested feature ‘save posts’ on the app, allowing users to bookmark favourite posts to revisit them later.The feature was announced by Instagram head Adam Mosseri in a Threads post on Wednesday, noting that the company just started the limited test. “We’ve started a limited test of a heavily requested feature: the ability to save…

Instagram Threads now has more than 130 million monthly active users, Meta CEO Mark Zuckerberg announced during the company’s fourth-quarter earnings today. The text-based social networking app is one of the many new projects that have sprung up in the wake of Elon Musk’s 2022 acquisition of Twitter, now called X, where it competes with various startups and open source projects, including Bluesky, Mastodon, Nostr, Post, Spill and others. Zuckerberg said that Threads is “growing steadily,” though characterized the app…